Virginia lovers locked in a camera flash
They take the photos for the laughs
He gets down real low
Pretends to propose
In a tourist trap where nobody knows him
Yeah nobody knows him
Don't drive down to the Chesapeake Bay
It's just club soda and down payments paving your way
Suburban lovers left in a highway crash
They stay afloat with their trophy kids on a raft
A dream sold to you in mint condition
To impress all your damaged friends
And he orders drinks for the teachers who taught him
And they discuss the past rehashed
Like memories of cotton
Dropping names of people
You should have forgotten by now
Don't drive down to the Chesapeake Bay
It's just club soda and down payments paving your way
A knife too dull to do anything about
A busted car on a drunken route
These dark hours you don't speak about
Or think about
And he swears he's sweet inside
Just salty around the rim
In a bar where everybody knows him
She's got the hole in her arm to show him
You can't change
The person that you've chosen
Don't drive down to the Chesapeake Bay
It's just club soda and down payments paving your way
Club soda
And down payments paving your way